The Marie Claire cover star opens up on her favourite extravagances, top make-up buys and, um, what last made her cry...

The beauty desk get a little giddy around the exceedingly beautiful. Giddy and nosy. Very, very nosy. We want to know what they cleanse with, which products they simply couldn’t survive without and who tends to their skin. During an afternoon with Dutch Maybelline model and Marie Claire May cover star Marloes Horst, we asked her those questions and many more…

MC: What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given as a woman?
MH: To learn to have patience. I work with new people every day and have to be calm and collected for myself and so that I get the job done properly.

MC: What one tip do you wish you’d heard earlier?
MH: To clean skin twice a day.

MC: How often do you have a facial and who do you go to see?
MH: I go rarely – around once every two months – and I don’t go anywhere in particular!

MC: What does your skincare routine consist of?
MH: I cleanse with a Fresh cleanser and then use a Chanel toner. I always finish by moisturising with a Dr. Hauschka cream and like to give my skin a good scrub in the evening.

MC: Other than your phone and wallet, what wouldn’t you leave the house without?
MH: Mascara.

MC: What’s the last thing that made you cry?
MH: Don’t laugh: it was a YouTube video about a baby elephant stuck in a hole (he got out in the end!).